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CONTRIBUTORS

Ginny Neil

Su Clauson-Wicker

(12-Month Almanac, Singing in the Garden) is a
contributing editor. She lives with her husband
on a farm in the Appalachian Mountains. Her
articles have appeared in Grit, Country Magazine
and elsewhere. When she's not writing or
drawing for magazines, she writes dramas for
the Christian drama service, Skit Guys, and sends
picture book manuscripts off in the hopes of
being a published children's author someday.
Follow her at thesingingfarmwife.blogspot.com

(Treehouses) is a contributing editor. She
authored " West Virginia Off the Beaten Path,
Scenic Roads & Byways West Virginia, " and
" Inn-to-Inn Walking Guide for the Virginias, "
to justify exploring the Virginias' back roads.
She co-wrote a history of Blacksburg's Lyric
Theatre, tracking down ghosts and more. An
award-winning regional writer, she penned her
first Blue Ridge Country story in 1988.

Joe Tennis
(Interlocking States) is a contributing editor
and also an award-winning features writer
for the Bristol Herald Courier. His latest book,
" Along Virginia's Route 58: True Tales from
Beach to Bluegrass, " includes chapters on
Mabry Mill, The Crooked Road, Whitetop
Mountain, Virginia Creeper Trail, Barter
Theatre and Cumberland Gap. To order, visit
arcadiapublishing.com.

Angela Minor
(Travel Guide, River Pearls) is a contributor
of travel and nature articles to regional and
national publications including Alabama Living,
Ft. Myers Magazine, Kentucky Monthly, Nevada
Magazine, Oklahoma Today, OKRA, American
Wild Magazine and others. She's the " Park
Watch " Beat Writer for 10,000 Birds; and she
created and authors the Bird Watcher's Digest
state park birding series.

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What Blue Ridge Country Means to You?

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" We have been faithful subscribers for over 20 years, and
this issue is one of your very best. "
-Warren L, Georgia, on the July/August '20 edition
" A couple of years ago, I jumped at an offer to buy back
issues going back to 2004, and now they have a whole
new meaning. Before, I dreamed of this area through your
stories. Now I am living them. "
-Bobby C, Virginia
" In my 72 years, Kurt Rheinheimer is the first to elicit an
editorial comment from me . . . his 'The Past Becomes So, and
Fast' touched a nerve. "
-Bick M, Tennessee on the September/October '20 editor's column
" Thank you to Ginny Neil for the wonderful column 'A Calf, A
Cow and Some Seed.' She gets it! "
-Karen S, Florida, on July/August '20's Singing in the Garden column

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times when we're working hard to make
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the heartfelt work of our cherished
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collection of contributing editors, writers
and photographers. Our big " family " is so
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